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Philip J Connolly
Jun 27, 20243 min read
The parties, their manifestos and disability - not all the same
Same old, same old I have heard people say about politics. Is their cynicism justified?
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Philip J Connolly
Jan 15, 20242 min read
Draft letter to disabled people's organisations in marginal constituencies.
How do we persuade you to talk to all the people you can that you don't know about Operation Purple Vote?
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Philip J Connolly
Jan 8, 20242 min read
Election year is part one of our great reset. 2024 is Our Year!
The Government has downgraded the voice of disabled people within Whitehall departments by abolishing the post of Minister for Disabled...
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Philip J Connolly
Nov 6, 20232 min read
When did the Government leave?
Conservative MP and ex-climate adviser Chris Skidmore has warned of a "vacuum and silence" in government on climate change. BBC 5/7/2023
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Philip J Connolly
Oct 24, 20232 min read
Journalists here is your chance to balance the neo nasty stories maligning disabled people
Changes are being proposed to the criteria within the Work Capability Assessment, the main test for health related out of work benefit.
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Philip J Connolly
Aug 23, 20232 min read
UKIM to VIM
On the 17th of August 2023 the UK Independent Mechanism (UKIM) reported on the progress in implementing the United Nations Convention on...
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Philip J Connolly
Aug 7, 20232 min read
You Heard it Here First - the DRN Team Effort and Also General Election Dates Inside
Operation Purple Vote (OPV) is looking to set up an Artificial Intelligence (AI) facility to support the Disability Resilience Network (DRN)
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Philip J Connolly
Jul 3, 20232 min read
Being Special
What makes the Disability Resilience Network advocacy model special?
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Philip J Connolly
Jun 19, 20232 min read
So we asked artificial intelligence what the advantage of having a disability might be.
DRN asked artificial intelligence what the advantages might be in our experience of disability. Here below is the response.
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Philip J Connolly
Jun 12, 20235 min read
Transforming Support and Creating Uncertainty and Inconsistency
Below we set out the uncertainties and inconsistencies raised by the recent DWP white paper.
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Philip J Connolly
May 9, 20232 min read
pAIn?
How will Artificial Intelligence impact on the disability workforce?
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Philip J Connolly
Apr 25, 20233 min read
The Emperor Exposed
Disability Resilience Network response to Disability Confident, trade bodies and the UK government.
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Chris Lonsdale
Feb 7, 20235 min read
The Social Value Act, the Disability Employment Gap and the Need for Action on the Ground.
An Open Letter to the UK’s Disability Charities In recent years, I have been researching the use of the Social Value Act in the UK. This...
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Philip J Connolly
Jan 17, 20231 min read
The beautiful game just got more beautiful - here's how the DRN did it! Looking back from 2025.
The beautiful game just got more beautiful - here's how the DRN did it!
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Martine Waltier
Jan 4, 20232 min read
We have a new anthem
This year we reveal an anthem for the resilient, a song to unite us all.
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Philip J Connolly
Nov 1, 20224 min read
Disabled people and the General Election
It is still up to two years to the general election so why act now? In a word - timing.
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Philip J Connolly
Sep 26, 20223 min read
The Bluffers Guide to Obtaining Old and New Resources
Most NGOs have two arms to them. The first is the one that established them as providers of information, advice and guidance, possibly...
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Philip J Connolly
Aug 18, 20223 min read
Disability, Self-Sufficiency and Mutualism
Ok, so you've signed a petition, been on a march, added your details to the sum of evidence and yet still been ignored. What’s left?...
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Philip J Connolly
Mar 21, 20224 min read
Semiotics of Disability
Semiotics is the study of anything that communicates something. The anything is regarded as a sign and the something is its meaning....
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Philip J Connolly
Feb 7, 20223 min read
"Creating our Own Weather" DRN's theory of change
Rainforests occupy only 6% of the earth's surface but 50% of the world's animals live there. Why? Its because rainforests create their...
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